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'' T. Rangachari CIE (1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator, and active in the Egmore clique.


Early life

Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owning
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family of the
Madras Presidency The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India. At its greatest extent, the presidency i ...
. He had his education in Madras and graduated in law. He practised successfully as a lawyer before entering the Indian Independence Movement. On the leadership of T. Rangachari, the Rangachari Committee was formed for film censorship in 1927-28 under the competitive conditions created by the variety of American movie themes, such as romance, westerns, comedies, gangster and crime stories, when the Indian market was surviving mostly on mythological stories.


Politics

Soon after the formation of the
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, Rangachari joined the organisation and participated in its meetings. Rangachari was also a member of the Madras Mahajana Sabha. Rangachari was elected to the Corporation of Madras and also to the
senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
of the
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. He served as a member of the
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and later, the Imperial Legislative Council of India. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.


Death

Rangachari died in 1945 at the age of 80.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rangachari, T 1865 births 1945 deaths Indian lawyers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu People from the Madras Presidency Lawyers from British India Egmore clique